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The constellations. Images in the night sky our ancestors drew among the stars. They were used for navigation, fortune telling and storytelling. Different cultures had their own constellations, but our modern ones come from the ancient Greeks. They believed the constellations were reminders of their great myths placed there by the gods. Ptolemy, a GrecoRoman astronomer, named 48 constellations in his seminal work, the Almagest. In modern times, the International Astronomical Union recognizes a total of 88 constellations. In this video, I want to tell the stories these constellations express

Sources:
Star Tales by Ian Ridpath

Easy Constellations To Find: MAPPING THE NIGHT SKIES By Sarita Menon, Ph.D. https://www.smorescience.com/easycon...

Star Myths from the Theoi Project by Aaron J. Atsma https://www.theoi.com/greekmythology...

Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Music:
Fireside Tales by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/
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Angevin and Teller of Tales by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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